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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# some example for apt_inst
+
+import apt_pkg
+import apt_inst
+import sys
+
+def Callback(What,Name,Link,Mode,UID,GID,Size,MTime,Major,Minor):
+    """ callback for debExtract """
+    
+    print "%s '%s','%s',%u,%u,%u,%u,%u,%u,%u"\
+          % (What,Name,Link,Mode,UID,GID,Size, MTime, Major, Minor);
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+        print "need filename argumnet"
+        sys.exit(1)
+    file = sys.argv[1]
+
+    print "Working on: %s" % file
+    print "Displaying data.tar.gz:"
+    apt_inst.debExtract(open(file), Callback, "data.tar.gz")
+
+    print "Now extracting the control file:"
+    control = apt_inst.debExtractControl(open(file))
+    sections = apt_pkg.ParseSection(control)
+
+    print "Maintainer is: "
+    print sections["Maintainer"]
+
+    print
+    print "DependsOn: "
+    depends = sections["Depends"]
+    print apt_pkg.ParseDepends(depends)
+
+
+
+